Abstract

Ambient Intelligence applications based on information
and communication technology embedded in our environment
and everyday objects raise several ethical issues. Even
if ethical principles tend to be easily acceptable they
are not so easy to concretize for design guidance. In
this paper we describe how we have defined ethical
guidelines for ambient intelligence applications on a
mobile phone parallel to the development of the mobile
phone platform architecture. Our aim has been to define
guidelines that are concrete enough to be easy to
understand and easy to follow by service and application
designers as well as by platform developers. Our work
highlights that it is possible and beneficial to study
ethical issues when developing platforms and
architectures for future applications. In that way we can
identify ethical concerns well before the actual
commercial application development takes place and we can
find solutions to the concerns together with technology
developers.

Original language

English

Title of host publication

Workshops Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments

title = "Defining Ethical Guidelines for Ambient Intelligence Applications on a Mobile Phone",

abstract = "Ambient Intelligence applications based on information and communication technology embedded in our environment and everyday objects raise several ethical issues. Even if ethical principles tend to be easily acceptable they are not so easy to concretize for design guidance. In this paper we describe how we have defined ethical guidelines for ambient intelligence applications on a mobile phone parallel to the development of the mobile phone platform architecture. Our aim has been to define guidelines that are concrete enough to be easy to understand and easy to follow by service and application designers as well as by platform developers. Our work highlights that it is possible and beneficial to study ethical issues when developing platforms and architectures for future applications. In that way we can identify ethical concerns well before the actual commercial application development takes place and we can find solutions to the concerns together with technology developers.",

N2 - Ambient Intelligence applications based on information
and communication technology embedded in our environment
and everyday objects raise several ethical issues. Even
if ethical principles tend to be easily acceptable they
are not so easy to concretize for design guidance. In
this paper we describe how we have defined ethical
guidelines for ambient intelligence applications on a
mobile phone parallel to the development of the mobile
phone platform architecture. Our aim has been to define
guidelines that are concrete enough to be easy to
understand and easy to follow by service and application
designers as well as by platform developers. Our work
highlights that it is possible and beneficial to study
ethical issues when developing platforms and
architectures for future applications. In that way we can
identify ethical concerns well before the actual
commercial application development takes place and we can
find solutions to the concerns together with technology
developers.

AB - Ambient Intelligence applications based on information
and communication technology embedded in our environment
and everyday objects raise several ethical issues. Even
if ethical principles tend to be easily acceptable they
are not so easy to concretize for design guidance. In
this paper we describe how we have defined ethical
guidelines for ambient intelligence applications on a
mobile phone parallel to the development of the mobile
phone platform architecture. Our aim has been to define
guidelines that are concrete enough to be easy to
understand and easy to follow by service and application
designers as well as by platform developers. Our work
highlights that it is possible and beneficial to study
ethical issues when developing platforms and
architectures for future applications. In that way we can
identify ethical concerns well before the actual
commercial application development takes place and we can
find solutions to the concerns together with technology
developers.

KW - ambient intelligence

KW - ethics

KW - ethical guidelines

KW - mobile services

U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-056-8-261

DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-056-8-261

M3 - Conference article in proceedings

SN - 978-1-60750-056-8

T3 - Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments

SP - 261

EP - 268

BT - Workshops Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments